Connected Lab hosting chatbot-focused hackathon on IBM Watson IoT platform
Toronto software company Connected Lab is hosting Canada’s first hackathon on the IBM Watson IoT platform. The hackathon…
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Johnson & Johnson opens 40,000 square feet life sciences incubator at MaRS Discovery District
Startups have the reputation — and track record — for innovating in areas where large corporations might struggle. Where…
C100 announces 2016 summer cohort for 48 Hours in the Valley program
C100, a nonprofit organization supporting Canadians working in Silicon Valley, announced the 17 startups that have made it…
#ProductHuntTO returns on May 26 with health care focus
From exploring how Canadian companies lead the FinTech global stage, to examining how the slow-to-innovate real estate industry…
F|T: The FinTech Times – Investing in Canada
Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the globe. If you want to read…
Fonolo CEO Shai Berger on whether chat or messaging will dominate B2C communication
Between companies like Facebook announcing its dedication to bots and Shopify announcing that it acquired a social marketing…
#GlobeSBS16: Shopify’s Harley Finkelstein on how large companies maintain startup culture
Harley Finkelstein, Shopify’s passionate COO, kicked off The Globe and Mail’s Small Business Summit important point…
With new seed funding, Hockeystick looks to compete with CB Insights for startup data
Raymond Luk agrees with my conceit that Canadian entrepreneurs have a natural predisposition towards building B2B companies.…
Influitive adds former Salesforce senior director to its team as it pursues aggressive growth
Influitive has been quietly building its advocate marketing empire over the past few months. In March, the company announced…
AccessNow empowers community of people living with disabilities to find access
Maayan Ziv understanding the struggle to find information on wheelchair accessibility first hand; growing up with spinal muscular…
Seven reasons we’re excited for Startup Canada Day on the Hill
Startups are often so heads-down on product development and customer acquisition, they don’t have time to spare a thought…
Ryerson University opens The Music Den incubator where tech and music converge
Incubators are often regarded as the place where software companies quietly work on the next big disruptor in industries like…
Women and Color launches to address underrepresentation of women and POC at tech events
Thanks in large part to social media, the voices of women and people of colour calling out racism and sexism in many spheres…
Transpod wants to bring its Canadian-made hyperloop to the world
Since Elon Musk put forward the concept of a fifth mode of transportation — known as the hyperloop — to the public, teams…
MaRS adds Square to its roster of FinTech partners
Last year, MaRS launched its FinTech cluster to address the need for FinTech startups and financial institutions to work together.…